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    Can politically-motivated action lead to justice?

    I'm not going to argue that too many Democratic representatives are NOT politically motivated to serve out these subpeonas.

    But isn't it the case that sometimes, when something is done for an ulterior motive, it's still the right thing to do when the end result is for the greater good?

    Republicans had their fair share of serving out subpeonas during the Clinton era, when they controlled the House and Senate.


    EDIT: I tried providing a link to Yahoo News source about the latest development in this respect, but it said the news story expired.
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    Who are they going after now?
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      Secretary of State, Condalezza Rice is one of them. There are others . . . .
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      • #4
        Originally posted by Victor Galis
        Who are they going after now?
        They have a hankering for Yellow Cake.
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          Speaking of this issue, if the Democrats really do believe the war is lost as Reid says doesn't it follow that they have a moral responsibiliy to cut off the funds right now rather than this "transitioning the mission" crap?
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          • #6
            Politically motivated action leading to justice is the point. That's the reason that divided government is good. When Congress is controlled by the same party as the presidency, Congress tends to not investigate things that most certainly warrant investigation. And often things that don't. But its better to investigate something that turns out to be legit than to let slide something that is very very not legit.
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            • #7
              Originally posted by DinoDoc
              Speaking of this issue, if the Democrats really do believe the war is lost as Reid says doesn't it follow that they have a moral responsibiliy to cut off the funds right now rather than this "transitioning the mission" crap?
              Well, realizing that you can't win doesn't mean you have to lose in the most sudden and dramatic way possible.
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              • #8
                Well you're sending people to die for a cause you believe is lost. How do you politically or morally justify continued funding to send people to fight for a meat grinder that you believe serves no purpose?
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                • #9
                  Originally posted by DinoDoc
                  Well you're sending people to die for a cause you believe is lost. How do you politically or morally justify continued funding to send people to fight for a meat grinder that you believe serves no purpose?
                  Wouldn't cutting funding immediately with no authority to remove the troops be akin to leaving them out there to die with no support?
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                  • #10
                    They'd have the ability to leave, VG. I'm just curious how War is lost rhetoric doesn't automatically carry with it the moral obligation to stop funding the war and to force a withdrawal.
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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by DinoDoc
                      They'd have the ability to leave, VG. I'm just curious how War is lost rhetoric doesn't automatically carry with it the moral obligation to stop funding the war and to force a withdrawal.
                      Does realizing that a battle is lost require a general to allow a disorderly rout? They just have no clue how to get out of this mess minimizing losses, but then again the Republicans don't even realize it's a lost cause yet.
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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by Admiral
                        Politically motivated action leading to justice is the point. That's the reason that divided government is good. When Congress is controlled by the same party as the presidency, Congress tends to not investigate things that most certainly warrant investigation. And often things that don't. But its better to investigate something that turns out to be legit than to let slide something that is very very not legit.

                        Then I don't want to hear from Republicans whining, "This is must political grand-standing bullsh!t."
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